6th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Day of Service Commemoration of Dr. King’s Legacy

6th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Day of Service Commemoration of Dr. King’s Legacy, Sunday, January 25, 2015 from 2pm—4pm.To attend and participate, please RSVP to Faye at fayek@springmail.com or call (916) 484-3750

2014 Kwanzaa Celebration

 

 2014 Kwanzaa Celebration

2014 Kwanzaa Co-sponsors: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Sigma Delta Omega Chapter, The Talking Drums News, Toni Newman & Family, and African Research Institute

 

Sacramento Black Pages

New 2014-15 Sacramento Black Pages is a directory of Black owned and operated businesses & resources in the Sacramento region.  $5.00 compiled by The Black Group (tbg). You can purchase the Sacramento Black Pages @ underground books, 2814 35th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817. 916.737.3333.

The 24th Annual Africa & Diaspora Conference

The Center for African Peace & Conflict Resolution (CAPCR)

 

Presents

The 24^th Annual Africa & Diaspora Conference:

The Contemporary African Family: Traditions, Transitions and Transformation

 April 23 – 25, 2015

AT: California State University, Sacramento, USA

CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Deadline for submission of proposals is DECEMBER 1, 2014

Email your proposal to: Prof. Ernest Uwazie, Director, Center for African Peace & Conflict Resolution   at Uwazieee@csus.edu (916) 278 -6282.  For more information visit us at: www.csus.edu/org/capcr

 

Annual Old Fashion Fish Fry, Saturday, September 27, 2014

 

 

The Sacramento Area Black Caucus

Presents 

Annual Old Fashion Fish Fry

Saturday, September 27, 2014

 11:00am - 2:00pm

 SABC’s office, 4413 18^th Ave., Sacramento, CA 95820

(Cross streets: 44th Street & 18th Ave.)
Please go online for directions

 Our menu:

Delicious fish sandwich with your choice of salads: green salad,

potato salad, macaroni salad or coleslaw.  

 Donation:  only $5.00

 

To place order your and/or for more information please call

(916) 484-5025 or on the day of the Fish Fry please call (916) 453-0665.

 

Thank you for your support and participation

Sacramento Black Book Fair (SBBF)

Commemorating Brother Malcolm X, Monday, May 26, 2014 at 6:30pm

SACRAMENTO AREA BLACK CAUCUS 

PRESENTS

A Film on

The Life of Malcolm X

 

A Reception “Honoring Women Veterans of African descent and their contributions in the military during war and peacetime.” March 22, 2014

In 1945, Maj. Charity Adams (r.) and Capt. Abbie Campbell (l.) review members of the Women's Army Corps in in England during World War II.

Women’s History Month Celebration

 

A  Reception “Honoring Women Veterans of African descent and their contributions in the military during war and peacetime.”

 

Unsung Heroes Living History Project (UHLHP)

&

Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC)

 

1^st Annual Veterans Outreach/Community Volunteer Recruitment Day

 

Saturday, March 22, 2014 from 2:00-4:00PM

 

You are cordially invited to the Community Volunteer Recruitment Day, Saturday, March 22 from 2:00PM-4:00PM - the Women’s Civic Improvement Center, located at 3555 3rd Avenue Sacramento, CA 95817.  The event is FREE and OPEN to the public.

 

This event is hosted by the Unsung Heroes Living History Project (UHLHP) & the Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC). This veteran’s outreach and community volunteer recruitment day, honors the legacy of veterans of African descent and their contributions in the military during war and peacetime.

For additional information ,please contact Co-hosts-Lisa Daniels at (916) 629-4691 (e-mail): unsnghros@yahoo.com or Donna Lynem at (916) 627-8650 (email): dlynem@yahoo.com.

 

SABC honors the legacy of veterans of African descent and their contributions in the military during war and peacetime

 

Unsung Heroes Living History Project (UHLHP) and Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC) hosted 1^st Annual Veterans Outreach/Community Volunteer Recruitment Day Saturday, February 22, 2014 at the historic Women’s Civic Improvement Club/Center.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Join us Saturday, March 22 from 2-4pm

 

“Honoring Women Veterans of African descent and their contributions in the military during war and peacetime.”

 

For more info contact:  

 Co-hosts-Lisa Daniels at (916) 629-4691 (e-mail): unsnghros@yahoo.com or Donna Lynem at (916) 627-8650 (email): dlynem@yahoo.com.

SABC will award Rosenwald “Robbie” Robertson Scholarships this spring

Sacramento Area Black Caucus, Inc.

P. 0. Box 5528, Sacramento, CA 95817

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 1, 2014

 

Contact: SABC’s office at (916) 484-5025 

 

The Sacramento Area Black Caucus, Inc. will award Rosenwald “Robbie” Robertson Scholarships this spring. The $500.00 scholarships are awarded to students who best demonstrate the standards of academic achievement, leadership, and service to the African American community, all characteristics which the late city councilman and community leader, Rosenwald Robertson exemplified. The awards will be made on May 3, 2014.

 

Applicants must be graduates of a Sacramento area high school by the end of the spring term, 2014. Applicants must be a recent high school graduate or a continuing college/university student. Previous award recipients are eligible to apply.  Deadline for completed applications is April 5^th, 2014.
 

For more information regarding the scholarship and applications ccotnact:  SABC’ @  e-mail: sblackcaucus4@gmail.com.

 

Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday and Legacy

 

Saturday, January 25, 2014 in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday and Legacy the Black Group (tbg) and the Sacramento Area Black Caucus hosted a community wide presentation Sustainable Living in the Black World featuring a presentation & demonstration entitled “Solar Suitcase Project” by Green Tech Students & Simeon Gant, Executive Director.

 

 

For more info about SABC please contact us @  sblackcaucus4@gmail.com.

 

SABC will host The 1st Annual Event for Veterans

 

Sgt. Richard H. Kennedy, WWII

1919-2001

 

The 1st Annual Veterans Outreach/Recruitment Day will be held Saturday, February 22 from 2-4pm at Women’s Civic Improvement Center, located at 3555 3rd Avenue. Sacramento, CA 95817. Guest speakers, veteran’s resources and organizations will be on hand to provide information to veterans and their families. For more info contact: Lisa Daniels, Project Coordinator at (916) 629-4691 or unsnghros@gmail.com.

Join the Quilt Celebration: Sisters Quilting Collective’s 3rd Annual Quilt Exhibit

Sisters Quilting Collective Presents:

                     “Our Stories in Quilts” - SQC’s 3rd Annual Quilt Exhibit

                                           February 1^st through February 15^th 2014

            The Brickhouse Art Gallery, 2837 36^th Street, Sacramento, CA  95817

 

 

 

The 2014 program will feature Karen Boutte, author and noted quilter as the keynote speaker. There will be opening and closing receptions, quilt demonstrations and lectures by local and regional quilters, quilting story circles, interactive children’s quilting activities, films, a book and resource display, presentations and fashion show by fabric and wearable artists, a presentation highlighting the historical significance of African American quilters and quilting; raffle drawings and a special raffle drawing for the 2014 SQC Opportunity Quilt.

 

For more info please visit SQC’s blog: sistersquiltingcollectivesqc.blogspot.com.

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Opportunity Quilt entitled “Lady Diaspora”

For more info call (916) 484-5025 or (916) 475-1240 or e-mail: fayek@springmail.com